Trace: Make popup forms compatible with OSX

[pulseview.git] / pv / view / trace.cpp

diff --git a/pv/view/trace.cpp b/pv/view/trace.cpp
index ea443f23b91cebf4ddb141b64ae3ef4af705b357..87d3dc1dc095fa7ebd7b1dd2b7dba0bf5c255c8e 100644 (file)
--- a/pv/view/trace.cpp
+++ b/pv/view/trace.cpp
@@ -224,10 +224,14 @@ void Trace::create_popup_form()
        // Clear the layout
 
        // Transfer the layout and the child widgets to a temporary widget
-       // which then goes out of scope destroying the layout and all the child
-       // widgets.
-       if (popup_form_)
-               QWidget().setLayout(popup_form_);
+       // which we delete after the event was handled. This way, the layout
+       // and all widgets contained therein are deleted after the event was
+       // handled, leaving the parent popup_ time to handle the change.
+       if (popup_form_) {
+               QWidget *suicidal = new QWidget();
+               suicidal->setLayout(popup_form_);
+               suicidal->deleteLater();
+       }
 
        // Repopulate the popup
        popup_form_ = new QFormLayout(popup_);